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Wolves in Idaho, Montana could get federal oversight 08/26/2021 06:45am • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two conservation groups asked the Biden administration to reinstate a federal monitoring program to oversee the management of gray wolves in Idaho and Montana following changes in wolf hunting laws in the two states intended to drastically reduce wolf numbers. The Idaho Cons Md. senators call on state education board to issue universal masking mandate 08/26/2021 06:31am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. State senators sent a letter to the Maryland State Board of Education Wednesday ahead of its hastily-scheduled meeting Thursday, imploring Virginia health care systems to require vaccinations for staff 08/26/2021 05:06am • Two health care systems that provide care to people in Virginia are requiring their employees to be vaccinated. UVA Health and Sentara both announced the requirement Wednesday. “These vaccines will save lives, prevent unnecessary sickness and help us ensure we have the capacity to provide th As DC education board calls for flexibility, schools chancellor says city committed to in-person learning 08/25/2021 10:12pm • Five days before the start of school in D.C., the District's State Board of Education is urging Mayor Muriel Bowser to adjust the city's fall plans, calling for increased testing, a vaccine mandate for all students 16 and older and the possibility for schools to add a hybrid or fully virtual option. Child dies after drowning in pool in Fairfax County 08/25/2021 09:55pm • A child died after drowning in a residential pool in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Wednesday. Emergency response officials were called to the neighborhood on Braymore Circle in Fairfax Station on Wednesday night. They found the victim, who later died at the hospital. Police have not released Prince William County schools not imposing staff COVID-19 vaccine requirement, for now 08/25/2021 08:30pm • This article was written by WTOP's news partner, InsideNoVa.com, and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com's free email subscription today. Days after Fairfax County Public Schools announced that all staff would need to be vaccinated for COVID-19 or subjected to weekly COVID tes The Hunt: Desperate attempts to escape Afghanistan 08/25/2021 08:14pm • For weeks, harrowing stories about Afghans' desperate scrambles to get out of Afghanistan have emerged. On this week's episode of "The Hunt, with WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green," retired Marine Thomas Praxedes tells a dramatic story about his efforts to help an Afghan interpreter Montgomery Co. schools won't have school resource officers when students return 08/25/2021 04:25pm • Public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland, will not have school resource officers (SROs) in them when classes begin on Monday. The school system said the position will be replaced by Community Engagement Officers, which will consist of police officers who patrol in areas around schools, but w Echostage offers free concert to celebrate DJ Mag poll as world's best nightlife venue 08/25/2021 10:34am • D.C. music fans know they've got it good, but a new global poll shows just how good. On Tuesday, EDM magazine DJ Mag named Echostage the world's top nightlife venue in its list of the Top 100 Clubs, voted on by hundreds of thousands of music fans and experts. It marks the first time that New urgent care facility at BWI will offer COVID-19 tests, vaccines 08/25/2021 04:57am • A full-service urgent care facility offering COVID-19 tests and vaccines is set to open Thursday at BWI Marshall Airport, and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan was on hand Tuesday for the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “This new state-of-the-art urgent care facility at BWI is a shining example of how Marylan Montgomery County Police investigate disappearance of Silver Spring woman 08/25/2021 04:38am • Detectives in Montgomery County, Maryland, are asking for the public's help to find a missing woman from Silver Spring. Alexandra Melany Quiroga, 39, was last seen on Friday, Aug. 20. Click to enlarge. (Courtesy Montgomery County Police) On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Police Major Crimes D Two Washington records that Montez Sweat and Chase Young could actually break 08/24/2021 11:22pm • Hailey: Two WFT records Sweat and Young could really break originally appeared on NBC Sports WashingtonNFL players often set sky-scraping goals — marks that regular folks would strain their necks looking up at before requesting some Tylenol to help with the ensuing soreness — but even fo Health care services for DC's Medicaid patients under threat 08/24/2021 07:51pm • Access to public health care services for 250,000 D.C. residents could end if MedStar kills its remaining Medicaid and Alliance contracts this fall. In a statement, Mayor Muriel Bowser blamed the development on the D.C. Council. “I am aware that many of the 250,000 District residents who rec Md. education board may require masks, sidestepping Hogan and school districts 08/24/2021 05:19pm • Maryland's Board of Education may require students to wear masks inside the classroom — a move that would sidestep the governor and many local school districts. "I've been very clear: All school systems should start the school year with masking," state Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury told the Lawsuits allege 'disgraceful' negligence before fatal 2019 fire, seek $300M from landlord, DC 08/24/2021 05:03pm • The families of two people killed in an August 2019 row house fire in Northwest D.C. have filed wrongful death lawsuits totaling $300 million against the landlord and D.C. authorities, alleging a stunning pattern of negligence in the months leading up to the fire. The two lawsuits were filed by a